| GOBI | A desert in East Asia, covering most of southern Mongolia (4) |
| ARID | It's like a desert in a bad raid |
| FELT | Material covering most pool tables |
| KALAHARI | - Desert; merging with the Namib in the southwest, an arid plateau covering most of Botswana and parts of Namibia (8) |
| AIREDALE | A large, rough-haired, tan-coloured breed of terrier with a black, saddle-shaped patch covering most of its back (8) |
| CARAVAN | Group of traders or other travellers journeying across a desert in Asia or North Africa, often with a train of camels (7) |
| ICEFIELD | Covering most of Antarctica or Greenland, a mass of interconnected glaciers (3,5) |
| LIONISM | Hero worship is happening first in most of southern capital |
| PHANTOM | Ghost of dog enthralling most of southern county |
| MANGANESE | Element covering most of elephant god in hair (9) |
| ACRYLICS | Scary shifts, covering most of lap in synthetic fibres |
| SEA | Mass of salt water covering most of the earth's surface (3) |
| FLATRACING | Get weary, covering most of circuit in sport |
| RESURRECT | Revive part of army court covering most of county |
| OMAGH | Fermanagh and ---, local government district covering most of the southwest of Northern Ireland (5) |
| MANDARINATE | Decree covering most of paintings in old Chinese office |
| LOCUSTS | They swarm a great deal, covering most of point (7) |
| ATACAMA | At a river in England, going on to a desert in South America (7) |
| MOJAVE | A desert in Southern California, South of the Sierra Nevada (6) |
| CAPITAL | Money to cover most of southern European country (7) |
